somethin i made tonight

 

Nice work dane!

 

Log your results.

 

will do, i can tell that the tube will be able to breath alot of air, and there are no sharp bends or anything.

 

I think you will only get any type of difference durring high way speeds.
Versus what I have done on my car will benefit all the time since my intake filter isnt heat soaking in the hot engine bay during traffic idle situations or low speeds etc.


Side note:
Is anyone elses car running good with this cold weather?
My car is pulling lovely, even after several pulls my intercooler and piping is still ice cold on the cold side of the fmic piping. From stomping on first gear and doing a no lift to shift into 2nd (a eprom feature); i managed to make the rear tires start scooting due to being on the edge of having traction and not.
With my cold air intake im probably getting 20-30 deg temps seen at the mass air sensor at high way speeds in this weather!!! Air flow is more consistent, my cai gives me a more linear pull!

 

Well it has been awhile since I visited but thanks everyone for the great comments and glad I got a nice DIY conversation started.

UNFORTUNATELY, this motor I dropped in sat for too long and the compression is fux'd haha. SO, re-build part 2...coming soon.

 

man that stinks, sorry to hear.

Side note:

My car runs ok in this weather. I only work like 1.5-2 miles from my house, so my car never gets to normal operating temp. Also, I don't go anywhere else because its freezing lol.

It has a hard start-up in the mornings, and I have to wait a little while before I can go. I don't have a thermostat, so as soon as I start moving the temp drops doooowwwn. So with the car not up to temp, I don't beat on it or anything. Plus, I'm not tuned for WOT yet, let alone 30-40 degree intake temps at the turbo that would probably lean it out.

 

Requarding what you just said, What a mess... LoL
Get a thermostat, its not good to drive your engine with it not at operating tempurature. The engineers who designed this stuff ment it to operate between a certain range for a reason. And I hope EVERYONE lets the car fully warm up before ever getting on it. I dont even take off out of my drive way in the mourning until it reaches at least the first notch on the stock coolant temp gauge. Believe it or not, not letting engines warm up before driving is the number one cause of long term engine failure reguardless of the engine type/size. A turbo timer can help with this, go start the car and then set the TT on like 5mins, pull the key out and finished getting read for work/school while your car runs with no key in it ! As far as leaning out air fuel ratios with colder air, this is true but it shouldnt be that significant unless you were already running on the edge of your injectors flow capacity. I run 850cc's on a evo3 so Im not worried about anything leaning on me except my head when i hit boost. LoL

 

Yea, the first night after I did the compression check I was pretty livid and close to just selling the whole car and parting out. Slept on it. Already have new rings and bearings just chillin' in my stash of parts so, lets get it on. HAHA